Basic Details
Surname
Unwin
Forenames
Herbert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Herbert John
Served or died
Died
Service number
193800
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 57 Queen's Walk.

(CWGC records that Corporal H. Unwin, regimental number M2/193800, died aged 33 on 18/12/1918 serving in the Mechanical Transport section of the Royal Army Service Corps, attached to 67th Brigade of the Royal Garrison Artillery; he is buried in grave I.E.15 at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No2 in France. They record him as the husband of M.M. Unwin of Queen's Walk, London Road, Peterborough.
On the 1911 census Herbert John Unwin was aged 26, living with his wife Maude Mary at 3 Maybank Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead Cheshire; Herbert stated he was born in King's Lynn and that he had been married one year; his mother Charlotte was also in the household. [Herbert's marriage to Maude Mary Stimpson had been registered in Peterborough District in 1910]. On the 1901 census Herbert Unwin, aged 16, had been living with his parents James and Charlotte at 1 Park Street, London Road, Fletton, where the family had also been living on the 1891 census. Herbert John Unwin's birth was registered in 1885 in King's Lynn District).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Army Service Corps
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Motor Transport
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Doullens
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
December
Day of death
18
Manner of death as stated
Died of pneumonia at No18 Casualty Clearing Station
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
57, QUEENS WALK
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial